Steamboat Springs Middle School seventh-grader Dani Perry, from left, and eighth-graders Patrick Weston and Michael Savory take a break for a snack during a recent trip to Rabbit Ears Pass as part of teacher Matt Tredway's Everything Outdoors Steamboat program.

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While their classmates were busy in English and math classes Monday, seventh-grader Dani Perry and eighth-graders Michael Savory and Patrick Weston were hauling around 20-pound backpacks on Rabbit Ears Pass.